Saturday, December 6, 2008

We all have guilty pleasures, although it's more guilty for men, I'm thinking. A friend of mine has created a list of his top 5 guilty pleasure movies; one of which is Mean Girls. I have to admit, I have several guilty pleasures. Here are a few:

Mean Girls

Sky High

Freaky Friday

"One Step at a Time" by Jordan Sparks

nearly anything by Justin Timberlake

"Womanizer" by Britney Spears

"Disturbia" & "SOS" by Rihanna

As you can see, these are pretty bad. But you need to understand, I don't care. Who's judging me? My friends? My coworkers? You?

I was talking with a friend the other day about why we're homeschooling our kids. One of the bullet-points that popped in my head was self-esteem. I can remember numerous times where my peers in school would give me a hard time about what I liked. I tried my darnedest to blow them off, and enjoy what I liked anyway. I wasn't strong enough. It took many years, (and a wonderful wife) to get over those fears of "what will people think?". I want my kids to have the freedom to like what they like, why they like it. Not because their friends like it.

About Me

"AmateurX" originally came from a username I was trying to come up with for a photography forum. I wanted to show that I was an amateur, but I needed some cool, so I added the "X" for that little x-tra cool.